Kindergartners learn that dance can show feelings — happy bouncy jumps, sad droopy moves, silly wobbly wiggles — connecting emotions to movement.
Students will be able to…
Did you know you can dance your feelings? Happy is bouncy, sad is droopy! How would you dance each feeling?
Project this and match each feeling to how you’d dance it — tap a feeling, then tap the move.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
You can dance your feelings — happy is bouncy, sad is droopy!
Children explore.
Children create.
Children perform.
Children respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Dance).
Show feelings through movement.
Notice feelings in dance.
Connect dance to feelings.
Move expressively.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have children dance a happy feeling and a sad feeling for a family member to guess. A printable feelings sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.